Pancake-turner.



No. 68I,662. Patented Aug. 27, l90l. W. TUMASKUFF,

PANCAKE TURNER.

(Apphcation fllad Apr. 11, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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9%? m m' w Unrrno STATES WILLIAM TOMASKOFF, OF NEWARK,

NE\V JERSEY, ASSTGNOR TO PETER TAOYVENTRAUT, OF SAME PLACE.

PANCAKE- TURNER.

SPEGIFIGATIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 681,662, dated August27, 1901 Application filed April 11, 1901.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM TOMASKOFF, acitizen of the UnitedStates,residin g at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inPancake-Turners; and I do hereby declare the following to beafull,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters of reference marked thereon, which form a partof thisspecification.

The objects of this invention are to provide a pancake-turner that willoperate in turning the pan or griddle cakes with greater facility andease and with less exertion of power, to reduce the cost ofconstruction, to obtain an effective device which will be simple andconvenient, and to secure other advantages and results, some of whichmay be referred to hereinafter in connection with the description of theworking parts.

The invention consists in the improved pancake-turner and in thearrangements and combinations of parts of the same, all sub- 'stantiallyas will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clauses ofthe claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts in each of the several views,Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved pancake-turner. Fig. 2 isan end view of the handle thereof, the shank of the turner being incross-section. Fig. 3 is a section taken on line :0 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa section taken at line y of Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective viewof a case applicable to or forming a part of the handle and adapted toprovide bearings for the operating parts, and Fig. 6 is a perspectiveview showing the relation of the working parts of one another moreclearly.

In said drawings, a indicates the shovel, and b the shank, of apancake-turner, said shank being adapted to turn or rotate within acasing 0, applied to the body of the handle (1. The said case 0comprises a piece of sheet metal, which is bent double to form aslideway perpendicular to the shank b for the rack Serial No. 55,277.(No model.)

6 to slide in. At points near the shank the said sheet metal of thecasing is again bent, and the ends of said sheet metal extend parallelWith said shank, the said parallel end extensions lying side by sidetogether and at their longitudinal center lines being outwardly bent toform a case socket or box f, in which the shank 7) may lie and have itsrotary movements. At the upper and lower sides of the said box the saidend parts of the said casing 0 provide flanges g, which are adapted toenter suitable slots g, Fig. 4, within the handle, so that the said casemay be firmly held by friction in the body of the said handle and isprevented from turning therein independent of said body when thegriddle-cakes are being prepared. The said handle-body is properly boredor cored out and grooved to receive the said case, the chamber thereinbeing of sufficient size to receive a spring h, Fig. 3, the said springpreferably being a spiral and being held at one end to the shank b, asat Z), and at the opposite end secured in one of the grooves g to thehandie or to the case cthereof. The said spring h is adjusted to holdthe shovel a in a proper normal position.

The sliding rack 6 consists of a piece of sheet metal properly struck up,so as to [it within the slideway-c and to move therein positively, butfreely, in a direction at right angles to the longitudinal axis of theshank, said rack being centrally open, as at e, and in the openingprovided with teeth 1', adapted to engage a pinion or star-wheel 7c,secured upon said shank in the plane of the slideway and rack. Saidpinion or wheel is also arranged in said central opening, and thus isprotected from interference. At one end of the said rack the same isprovided with a thumb-piece or extension j, arranged and shaped toreceive the pressure of the thumb when the hand of the operator graspsthe handle d, the said parts being so arranged that when the saidoperator after having shoveled up the pancake presses upon thethumb-piece he causes the shank, and with it the shovel, to rotatequickly on its longitudinal axis, and thus throws the pancake over withgreat quickness and with less exertion than by the means commonlyemployed.

After thus throwing over the pancake, by releasing the rack of pressurethe spring It acts to return the shovel to a normal position and raisesthe rack, so that when needed the thumb may once more press the samedown and again turn the shovel.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new is 1. Thecombination with the shovel, shank and hollow handle, the latterprovided with a suitable case, having a box-like extension lying withinsaid hollow handle and the shank being provided with a pinion or wheel,ofa sliding rack engaging said pinion and adapted to move in a directionat right angles to the longitudinal axis of the shank and cause saidshovel and shank to rotate, and a spring arranged within the hollowhandle and atiached to the shank and adapted to return the shovel to aproper normal position, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination with the hollow handle having at one end aperpendicular way and a rack adapted to slide in said way, and having abox for the shank within said handle, and a spring in said handle, of ashank having the shovel at one end and, at the other, extending throughthe slideway, where it is provided with a pinion in engagement withhandle and attached to the said shank,

having at one end a casing providing a perpendicular slideway, and ashank-box, the latter being entered within said hollow handle, of asliding rack, a shank having a shovel and pinion, and a spring arrangedwithin the substantially as set forth.

4. The combination with the shovel, shank having a pinion thereon and achambered handle, of a casing 0, comprising a piece of sheet metal bentdouble to form a perpendicular slideway, and the ends of which are againbent to lie parallel one with the other, said parallel ends forming abox for the shank and lying within the hollow handle, a spring and arack arranged in the-slideway and engaging said pinion, substantially asset forth.

5. The combination with the hollow handle and shank havinga pinion, of arack to engage said pinion and a spring to turn said shank, of acasing'bent double to form a way for the shank and at its opposite endsbent together and forming a box for the shank, said ends being arrangedwithin said hollow handle, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this1st day of April, 1901.

WILLIAM TOMASKO FF.

Witnesses:

CHARLES H. PELL, E. J. SCHMIDT.

